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How do you teach #LittleSpenders about money?

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Getting your children to understand how money works and why it is important to save can be a challenge. The older of my two children, Helen, seems to have grasped that money is something you have to earn. My youngest, who is three, is a long, long way from understanding this!

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My youngest daughter, Izzy, drawing the ice cream she would buy if she had £5,000 to spend.

I often find myself in a shop or elsewhere, only to have Izzy stood in front of me asking for money. On more than one occasion she’s started rooting through my pockets looking for coins, or “moneys” as she calls them, hoping she can find enough to buy a toy or sweet or whatever is on her mind.

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Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.

There are fun ways to teach your children about money. Helen has come home from school with various maths quizzes that teach her about money and its value.

Another fun thing to do is to ask your kids what they would do if they were lucky enough to come into a large lump sum. Asked what she would do if she had £5,000 Helen optimistically declared she would “buy a farm with stables and lots of horses.” Izzy, our three-year-old, meanwhile, has declared she would buy “lots of ice cream.”

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A drawing of the stables Helen would like to buy if she had the money.

In a bid to encourage families to discuss money and finances with their children, Foresters Friendly Society has launched a fantastic competition with an amazing prize. All you have to do is get your children to draw a picture of how they would spend £5,000, fill in the simple form below, attach a scan or photograph of the picture and submit.

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Here is a drawing of the ice cream Izzy would like to buy. Just so you know, the green thing in the top is a dog and there are also some balloons in there too.

The prize is £200 of Love2Shop vouchers and a 12 month family membership to the National Trust. We are members of the National Trust and it was one of the best things we did as a family. We’ve kept the kids entertained with visits to all manner of properties.

All entries must be submitted by 29 August, 2016. The winner will be selected by the team at Foresters.

This could be a great way to fill some time during the summer holidays. Very best of luck to everyone that enters!

Disclosure; this post was produced in association with Forester’s Friendly Society

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7 thoughts on “How do you teach #LittleSpenders about money?”

  1. it is important to teach kids this stuff – my six year old is at the stage where he is obsessed with money but has absolutely no concept of what its actually worth. I find it quite stressful tbh! #brillblogposts

    1. Oh yes, I recognise this. In fact our threee year old will wonder up to me with threepence in her hand and ask if she can buy an ice cream (no surprises there!). Good luck if you enter the competition.

  2. Mess and Merlot

    Hi John, will be interesting to see what Flump (5) and Spud ( 7) come up with – will pop back and enter once I have their pictures! We are thinking of introducing pocket money from next week (which they will have to earn) as at the moment they get a ‘Friday Treat’ after school Flump is struggling to understand why she can’t get a toy instead of a Kinder egg (ok so that’s kind of a toy so bad example but you know what I mean!) If she is spending her own £1 then at least she will have a real life example of just how much things cost, plus the option to save any left-over. I’m predicting Spud will save his and Flump will splurge the lot! #brillblogposts

    1. AH yeah, the whole pocket money thing. We are sort of doing that at home. I noticed that once Helen, our eldest, started handling cash she got more of an idea of the true value of money. Good luck entering the competition.

  3. One Messy Mama

    Great post. Such an important lesson to learn. I must admit, my kids think dad’s wallet has a never-ending supply of green. 🙂 Love the ice-cream picture, hope she got to buy one! #brillblogposts

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